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I am sharing with you all the Accessibility Rider Monica is requesting we ask Canvas to include in the contract renewal. Abraham Rocha, SBCTC's contract lawyer, has had a chance to review and believes it is a starting point for negotiations as we look to extend
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I look forward to discussing the next steps at this month's ETAG meeting. Maggie will be sending that invite for 1/24/24. </div>
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<b class="ContentPasted0">Compliance with Civil Rights Laws (pp. 19-20)</b></h2>
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During the performance of this Contract, Vendor shall comply with all federal and applicable state
<div style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">nondiscrimination laws, including but not limited to: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §</div>
<div style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">12101 et seq.; the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); and Title 49.60 RCW, Washington Law</div>
<div style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">Against Discrimination.</div>
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<div style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">2012-13-001</div>
<div style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">comply with any nondiscrimination law, regulation or policy, this Contract may be rescinded, canceled, or</div>
<div style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">terminated in whole or in part under the Termination for Default sections, and Vendor may be declared</div>
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<b class="ContentPasted0">Proposed Accessibilty Rider for Instructure Contract Renewal</b></h2>
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accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the</span><a href="https://www.ada.gov/pubs/adastatute08.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="OWAa08877a9-f099-a53d-0f1d-be9260ea2983" class="x_OWAAutoLink x_ContentPasted1 ContentPasted0" data-loopstyle="linkonly" data-linkindex="0" style="margin:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);">Americans
with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)</span></a><span class="x_ContentPasted1 ContentPasted0" style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">, and the Amendments Act of 2008, SBCTC is obligated to provide
access to its programs, activities, and services to people with disabilities. SBCTC must ensure that its IT products, programs, and services are accessible to people with disabilities in accordance with</span><a href="https://ocio.wa.gov/policy/accessibility" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="OWA3c8ec5a8-3402-f670-8163-724e586069ee" class="x_OWAAutoLink x_ContentPasted1 ContentPasted0" data-linkindex="1" style="margin:0px;text-decoration:none" data-loopstyle="linkonly"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);">Washington
State Policy 188</span></a><span class="x_ContentPasted1 ContentPasted0" style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">.<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span class="x_ContentPasted1 ContentPasted0" style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 7pt; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">“</span><span class="x_ContentPasted1 ContentPasted0" style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Accessible”
means to provide substantially similar functionality, experience, ease of use, and information access to people with disabilities as is provided to people without disabilities.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span class="x_ContentPasted1 ContentPasted0" style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Instructure will provide SBCTC with a
completed Accessibility Compliance Report (ACR) documentation as assurance and verification of the status of accessibility conformance to WCAG 2.1AA technical standards for the Canvas product. Parties agree that the current Voluntary Product Accessibility
Template (VPAT) document at version level 2.3 or higher (available at</span><a href="https://www.itic.org/policy/accessibility/vpat" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="OWA9bb55d9d-04ba-2b5e-5415-170e5e1aa952" class="x_OWAAutoLink x_ContentPasted1 ContentPasted0" data-linkindex="2" style="margin:0px;text-decoration:none" data-loopstyle="linkonly"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);">https://www.itic.org/policy/accessibility/vpat</span></a><span class="x_ContentPasted1 ContentPasted0" style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);">)</span><span class="x_ContentPasted1 ContentPasted0" style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"> </span><span class="x_ContentPasted1 ContentPasted0" style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">will
satisfy this requirement.<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span class="x_ContentPasted1 ContentPasted0" style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">SBCTC
may opt to conduct an independent/third-party accessibility assessment of the accessibility of Contractor’s works at any time but will not be held responsible for doing so.</span></p>
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any of the Contractor’s products or services within this Agreement are not in conformance with WCAG 2.1 AA technical standards as required by SBCTC, then the Contractor shall undertake in good faith to resolve such issues and promptly respond to concerns made
by SBCTC about accessibility. Whenever possible, the Contractor shall provide updates with timelines (e.g. Accessibility Roadmap) for expected accessibility remediation work.</span></b></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Brush Script MT"; margin: 0px; color: rgb(68, 114, 196);">Michael A. Brown, Ph.D. </span></p>
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